NWS Charleston WVFA.W 0123September 20, 2026
Flood Warning: Athens, Meigs and Vinton, OH
The National Weather Service office in Charleston issued a flood warning for Athens, Meigs and Vinton in Ohio, which was in force until 1:00 p.m. local time on September 20. It was the 123rd areal flood warning the NWS office in Charleston issued in 2026. Ohio had 56 flood warnings in September 2026, against 6 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Ohio's flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 8.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Charleston WV
- Area
- Athens, Meigs and Vinton
- State
- Ohio
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:56 a.m. EDT, September 20, 2026
- Expires
- 1:00 p.m. EDT, September 20, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KRLX FA.W 0123
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Southwestern Athens County in southeastern Ohio... Northwestern Meigs County in southeastern Ohio... Northeastern Vinton County in southeastern Ohio... * WHEN...Until 100 PM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 456 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Mcarthur, Albany, Zaleski, Carpenter, Radcliffe and Creola. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.